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w H. OLMSTED' TWO WHEELED VEH C Patented Jan 24, 1888,

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State of Illinois, have invented a new andImi and rearwardly curved and rigidly clipped to "tion, and wherein, should one wheel run over in which similar letters of reference indicate degree; but I donot confine-myself to this particular class of vehicle, as the attachment may UNITED STATES r JHENRY K OLMSTED, or VICTORIA, ILLINOIS.

P ENT O F CE TWO-WHEELED VEHICLEQ if SPECIFICATION forming: part of Letters Patent No. 376.962, dated January 24 1888. i

I Application filed October 19, 1887.

Serial No. 252,820. m5 modem You'll whom itrnay concern.- 7 Be it known thatl, HENRY KIMBALL OLM- STED, of Victoria, in the county of Knox and proved Vehicle, of which the following is full, clear, and exact description;

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicles, especially vehicles having but two wheels,and has for its object toprovidea means whereby the seat will be freei'rom horse-moor strike anobstruction, the tendency to throw the rider sidewise will to a/great extent be overcome. v r

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the improved hicle. I linear m of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the vehicle; and Fig. 4is a detail view, partly in section. g

In carrying out the invention I shall describe it as attached to a two wheeled vehicle, in which the horsernotion is felt to the greatest,

be made in whole or in part to other styles with: out departing from the spirit of the invention.

A represents the axle, a the'whee'ls', and B the shafts, the thills of which are downwardly the axle, and the said shafts are connected a distance from the rear ends by a substantially X-shaped bar, b, adapted to serve as a support for the whiffletree.

In the forward face of each thill, abovethe axle, one end of a curved arm, 0, is pivoted, the other end of which is carried upward through the end spaces, 0, formed by the bi- Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation on The arms-0 are connected above theircenters and below the bifurcated bar I) bya horizontal said arms and" bar forming aframe'which carries the forward end of the body. I At the rear end of each of the thills a bracket,

- per ends, 0, of the arms in substantialicontact with the rear members of the bifurcatedbarb; V 'barld, which may be termed the body-barf, a I

D, is secured, which bracket consists of a round 5 or other suitably shaped iron or steel bar curved outwardly and rearwardly at the upper end over the eye, d. v

The body F, which may be of any desired. shapeo'r style, is provided near the rear with axle, which end terminatesin an an attached transverse semi-elliptic spring, E,

the ends of whichlspring-E are connected with the outer endsieof the; brackets D-' by coil or spiral springs E, one end of said springsE being attached tothe eye d of thebrackets and the other end',by means of an eye or'other equivalent device, to elliptic spring. E. v

Upon the bottom of the body .15, near each the ends of the semi-' side, longitudinal rods or barsHare rigidly-j secured, which bars project beyond the body at the front, terminating in a more o'rless open eye, h, adapted to engagea link, h, suspended from the body-bar, or the body-bar itsel-f,fas i found in practice most desirable.

It will be observed that the pivotedarms permit the entire weight of the rider to rest rigid attachmentbetween the brackets Dand v upon'the springs, and inasmuch as there is no the body, or the arms 0 and the axleor shafts, the horse-motion is not communicated to the rider, and should one wheel ride over an 0bstruction, instead of the lateral motion experienced in vehicles when thewheel descends, the

springs will communicate an easy and pleasant vertical motion,whereby the tendency to throw the rider to one side is overcome, 7 1 v 1 Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new Patentand desire to secureby Letters -1 In a vehicle, the combination,'with' the semielliptic spring and spiral, springs con 'shafts,0f a body provided with a transverse e I necting the ends of said transverse springwith the shafts, substantially as shown and dc-' scribed. g g 2. In a vehicle, the combination, with the shafts and a spring-actuated frame pivoted in said shafts, of a body suspended from said frame at the forward end and resting upon springs at its rear end, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. 7

3. In a vehicle, the combination, with the shafts and a spring-actuated frame pivoted in said shafts, of a body suspended from said frame at its forward end, asemi-elliptic spring secured transversely to the under'rear portion of the body, and spiral springs connecting the ends of said transverse spring with the shafts, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. In a vehicle, the combination, with the spring secured transversely to the under rear portion of the body, and spiral springs connecting the ends ofsaid transverse spring with the brackets, substantially as herein shown and described.

H. K. OLMSTED.

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' BISMARK SEVERIN, G. WV. REYNOLDS. 

